Verifying your business in Korea

This article details the documents that are required for organisations to open an account with Airwallex if your business is registered in Singapore.

Verification, known as KYC or ‘Know your customer’, is a process that regulators require to offer financial services to organisations and individuals. It involves reviewing and maintaining information on parties that use our financial services.

As a Korean Company account, you need to prepare the documents below:

Company Information

Certificate of Business Registration (사업자등록증명)

Please upload your Certificate of Business Registration. This document must have been issued in the last three months and must be bilingual in English and Korean (view sample). It usually contains information like the company name, registration number, address, date of registration, name of representative, etc. Supported files: PDF, Word, JPG, JPEG, PNG, BMP, max 20MB.

Secondary verification document

Please upload a secondary verification document that can be one of the following:
  • Certificate of Registration within 1 year (사업자등록증) (view sample)
  • Business Profile (등기사항전부증명서) within 1 year (view sample)
  • Bank statement under the business name issued within the last 6 months

Ownership Structure Chart

If the ownership structure of your business could NOT be fully identified through a reliable source, please provide us with the most recent shareholder register or ownership diagram that meets the following requirements:

  • Full Legal Name and shareholding percentage of the Ultimate Beneficial Owner (any individuals holding 25% or more ownership share or voting rights);
  • Registration country and shareholding percentage of each intermediary shareholding entity;
  • If there are no individual Ultimate Beneficial Owners, then please declare in the shareholding structure and provide information on the key controller.
  • The document should be signed and dated by a director along with his/her printed name; the director's signature can be provided either in handwritten or certified seal (view sample).
  • The signed document should be issued within 12 months and cannot be altered or edited.

Click here to download the example of Ochart

 

Authorisation Letter

If you are not a director or ultimate beneficiary owner (UBO) of the business registered in Korean, we require that you provide a letter stating you have the authority to act on behalf of the company.

Note: The letter should be signed and dated by a director of your company. 

Click here to download the Authorisation Letter Template

If your business has multiple legal entities that are registered in different countries/regions and would like to onboard them all at once, you may use this Global Authorisation Letter Template, instead of using a separate template per each country/region.

 

Note: The letter should be signed and dated by a director of the company you are representing.

Click here to download the Authorisation Letter Template for channel partners

Financial Institution Onboarding Questionnaire

If your company is a Financial Institution, please follow the guidelines to input the Questionnaire below:

Click here to download the Financial Institution Onboarding Questionnaire

Investment Onboarding Questionnaire

If the Airwallex account is for a company that will engage in investment activities, please complete the following questionnaire and provide all requested supporting documents

Click here to download the Investment Onboarding Questionnaire

Live Streaming Questionnaire

Click here to download the Live Streaming Questionnaire

Online Marketplace Onboarding Questionnaire 

Click here to download the Online Marketplace Onboarding Questionnaire

 

Personal Information

Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO)

The "Ultimate Beneficial Owner" of a legal entity is thus:

  • one who holds 25% or more of the share capital; or
  • one who exercises 25% or more of the voting rights; or
  • one who exercises ultimate control over the management of the corporation

Authorised Person

An Authorised Person is authorised to act on behalf of the business.

Director list

A name list of all the directors, and signed by one of the directors. Both English and Korean names of directors should be listed.

Click here to download the template of the director list

Personal ID 

Please provide images for government-issued, official photo ID, such as a passport, national ID, or Driver's license (if applicable).

Note: Please keep the ID photo clear, with complete edges, no occlusion, no reflection, no watermark, etc. and, it is recommended to lay the document flat and shoot vertically in a well-lit place.

Some valid ID examples are provided below:

  1. Passport - All Countries

2. National ID - e.g. 

certified true copy by a professional person

韩国电子身份证14日起全国发放: Korea.net : 大韩民国官方网站

 

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